Chapter 173: Xu Cang, you really shouldn’t fly!
The expected investigation by the bureau was exactly as Xu Cang expected. The General Administration did not send anyone over, and even the investigation team from the Southwest Administration did not make things difficult for Xu Cang and his team.
The most extraordinary operation in the handling of the 9951N incident was naturally the inverted flight of the 737. However, this operation was forced to be performed in response to special circumstances. Under the circumstances at the time, it seemed that there was really no more so-called generally acceptable operation. Moreover, something as unheard of as the inverted flight of the 737 was beyond the scope of the bureau's investigators' understanding, and they really did not focus too much on this issue.
In fact, the focus of 9951N is whether there is a problem with the elevator feel centering device. Now we have to wait for the technical report. If there is a problem with the elevator feel centering device, then the authorities will basically not hold the crew responsible.
During this period, Xu Cang, Mo Shangyun and Tan Heling all had to stop. Xu Cang was fine, since he had a falling out with Blue Sky Airlines before, and if he wanted to fly, he would wait until his own Spring Summer Airlines was established, and then directly rely on Spring Summer Airlines to regain his flight qualification.
Mo Shangyun and Tan Heling both have their own grounding insurance. To be precise, basically all pilots have grounding insurance. They will be compensated later for the grounding during the investigation period, so the two did not react very strongly.
Xu Cang had already met the requirements for establishing an airline with three aircraft, and the investigation by the authorities was not too difficult, so he was in a pretty good mood.
So, Xu Cang chose a sunny morning and leisurely went to Blue Sky Airlines. He had to handle everything there.
The security guard of Blue Sky Airlines was as lazy as ever. Xu Cang actually no longer had his Blue Sky Airlines credentials, but he still walked in with a swagger, saving the trouble of calling Lu Jinghua to pick him up.
Xu Cang entered the base building and went straight to Lu Jinghua's office, where he met Luo Yong, the vice president of operations, and the marketing manager with whom he had previously had a conflict.
"It's quite lively." Xu Cang saw that there were quite a few people in the small office. After entering, he sat on the small sofa and looked at Lu Jinghua, the only one standing. "Why are you standing? Sit down!"
Xu Cang's words and actions completely showed that he treated this place as his own home and he did not take Luo Yong and the marketing manager seriously at all.
Luo Yong, who was sitting on Lu Jinghua's office chair, was fine. He knew that Xu Cang was not targeting him. The marketing manager, who was sitting on the sofa opposite him, had a cold expression on his face, but did not say anything.
Lu Jinghua did not sit down as Xu Cang said. Instead, he walked to Xu Cang and patted him on the shoulder: "Has the bureau completed its investigation?"
"Nothing's wrong for now. We're just waiting for the inspection report of the elevator centering device. It's been idle for a while, but I think it will be settled soon."
Lu Jinghua smiled and said, "You spend more time grounded than flying. You're quite comfortable."
Xu Cang kept getting into trouble. Whenever something happened, he had to stop flying during the subsequent investigation. As a result, Xu Cang basically just flew and stopped, and never flew seriously.
"It's definitely comfortable. At least I have time to come here and deal with some annoying things." Xu Cang's eyes passed Lu Jinghua and fell on the marketing manager opposite him. He smiled and said, "I heard that you want to take back the staff you rented to us?"
Wet leases not only include aircraft, but also related personnel. The wet lease agreement signed by Qin Xin and Blue Sky Airlines is even more extensive, and also includes the leasing of some ground administrative staff.
"If we want to terminate the agreement, then naturally we have to take back the plane and the people." The marketing manager said coldly.
Xu Cang raised a finger: "The plane can be retrieved, but the people cannot."
As soon as these words came out, the already angry marketing manager slammed the table and said, "Xu Cang, don't go too far. We haven't come to settle accounts with you yet, but you come here and act bossy. You said the plane can be taken back, but now the plane is almost scrapped, and you still have the nerve to say that!"
Facing the angry marketing manager, Xu Cang said slowly: "First, the cause of the scrapping of the aircraft is the inherent defects of the aircraft, which has nothing to do with us subjectively. Second, when the results of the investigation by the bureau come out, we will compensate you, not a penny less. Third, I hope that the compensation for your breach of contract will also be prepared in advance. The condition of the aircraft will not affect the fact that you terminate the contract in advance. Fourth, I still say that you stay!"
The dispute with Blue Sky Airlines due to the scrapping of the aircraft may seem complicated, but it is not difficult to handle. Anyway, it is handled step by step. I first pay Blue Sky Airlines for the scrapping of the aircraft, and then Blue Sky Airlines pays me for the breach of contract. The transaction is very clear.
"They are from Blue Sky Airlines, why should they be left to you?" the marketing manager said angrily.
Luo Yong on the side also advised: "Yes, Xu Cang. You can recruit people yourself. There is no need to snatch our people."
These people are the founding employees of the Erhai Base. They resolutely followed him to Erhai after knowing the situation of the Erhai Base. Just for this awareness, Xu Cang also wants to keep these people.
"Perhaps you haven't figured out the situation yet, let me put it this way!" Xu Cang slowly stood up, looking down at the marketing manager, but pointed a finger at Luo Yong: "I remember that the company issued a notice to all departments a long time ago, requiring that any content that needs to be reported is not allowed to be reported across levels, let alone across departments. Is there such a notice?"
The marketing manager lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Okay...it seems so. What do you mean?"
"It seems that you don't know the reason for the notice." Xu Cang smiled and said, "It's a pity that the notice was issued because of me."
Xu Cang said, glancing at Luo Yong who looked embarrassed: "Boss Luo, do you still remember?"
Luo Yong regretted coming to Lu Jinghua to discuss things more and more. He could only laugh dryly: "Xu Cang, there were some misunderstandings at that time. Don't take it to heart."
"At that time, I was so naive that it made people laugh." Xu Cang let out a sigh, his words full of sarcasm.
Xu Cang was the first to realize that there were problems with 1566, and even wanted to use his own money to send 1566 for D inspection, but even so, Yu Fengtian, the then vice president of maintenance, disagreed. After that, Yu Fengtian thought Xu Cang was meddling in other people's business, so he notified all departments and asked grassroots employees not to report problems across levels or departments.
Xu Cang remembered that when he issued this notice, many people laughed at him. As a result, things have changed and everything confirms what Xu Cang said.
"Xu Cang, it was really a misunderstanding !" Luo Yong repeated, and there was even a hint of pleading in his words, because he had already guessed what Xu Cang meant.
Xu Cang snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "You can tell the bureau the same thing, or you can refer to the previous example of the S2 switch."
"S2 switch?" The marketing manager shuddered, and his deeply buried memories suddenly began to stir.
It's still related to Xu Cang. Before the S2 switch incident happened, Xu Cang also predicted the fault in advance and contradicted Yu Fengtian in public, but Yu Fengtian turned a deaf ear to him. In the end, there was really a problem with the hatch locking system of the S2 switch.
Afterwards, the authority investigated and discovered this problem. They felt that Blue Sky Airlines' safety vigilance was not high from top to bottom, and immediately decided to reduce the number of flights.
As a result, the marketing department's annual target tasks were completely ruined, and there was no hope for the year-end bonus.
This matter was a painful issue for the marketing manager. Xu Cang's mere mention of it triggered his nerves like a conditioned reflex. The marketing manager was very perceptive. He glanced over and asked Luo Yong, "What exactly is going on?"
It seems that the marketing manager really doesn't know what happened to 1566 before.
Luo Yong scratched his head in embarrassment, and finally stood up and walked to the marketing manager and whispered a few words. As a result, after just a few words, the marketing manager's face turned green.
Xu Cang was watching the two whispering from the opposite side. After waiting for a while, he asked with a smile, "Did you understand?"
As a result, when Xu Cang asked this question, the marketing manager gnashed his teeth and cursed: "Yu Fengtian, you bastard!"
Both 1566 and S2 switch were related to Yu Fengtian. As a result, the flight department and the marketing department were responsible for the incident. The marketing department manager wished he could skin Yu Fengtian alive.
"Xu Cang, this matter is Yu Fengtian's responsibility alone. He has been dismissed from his position now!" the marketing manager said quickly.
"Whether Yu Fengtian is dead or alive has nothing to do with me. I'm talking to you now. Do you want me to talk to the authorities about this matter again?" Xu Cang said calmly, "Or do you think there are too many flights and you can reduce them?"
The marketing manager almost choked up, sweat pouring down his forehead. "You have a culprit for your wrongs, and you have a debt to pay. What do you mean by threatening me?"
"You still don't understand what I mean." Xu Cang's expression turned cold: "I don't want to waste any more time talking to you. Cut flights or keep people? Make your choice!"
The marketing manager was furious: "Xu Cang, why do you think the bureau will punish us for this?"
"Want to give it a try?" Xu Cang said with a smile, but there was an even colder tone in his smile.
"you……"
The marketing manager wanted to say something, but was stopped by Luo Yong. Luo Yong forced a stiff smile and said, "Xu Cang, we won't force those who rented out to come back, but if they want to come back, you can't stop them. How about this?"
Xu Cang nodded: "Okay!"
"Okay! It's settled then. The bureau..."
"If you can fulfill your promise, then the entire responsibility for this matter will naturally be on Yu Fengtian alone." Xu Cang straightened his clothes and smiled: "It was pretty fast, not that bad. Okay, let's go!"
As he spoke, Xu Cang winked at Lu Jinghua, indicating that they should go out and talk together.
But just as he turned around, Xu Cang suddenly remembered something and said to Luo Yong, "Boss Luo, when we made the emergency landing at Tianshan, Chief Engineer Wang never paid me the money he promised me. Let's part ways in peace. You have to pay me back."
Xu Cang was talking about the cover-up for Tan Heling. At that time, Wang Xuan promised to pay about 70,000 yuan. Although the mosquito is small, it is also meat, and it cannot be given up.
Luo Yong looked as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly, and waved his hands: "I know, I know, I will transfer the money to your salary card soon."
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Luo." Xu Cang laughed and took Lu Jinghua out of the office.
After the two came out, Xu Cang nodded towards the office and asked, "Is everything settled?"
"It's been handled. I've already submitted my resignation. Now that the matter with 9951N is over, I'll go to Erhai Lake with you." Lu Jinghua said with a smile.
Xu Cang was also very happy. Lu Jinghua was an expert in flight administration. Recently, the base had recruited some people, and Lu Jinghua was just in charge.
"Since you've resigned, why are you letting them sit while you stand?" Xu Cang said dissatisfiedly, "But after we go to Erhai, there won't be any sofas in your office."
Lu Jinghua laughed out loud, looking extremely happy: "Are we the ones who care about this? However, 1566 is scrapped, and the wet lease agreement can no longer be carried out. Will there be any more planes in the future? How will the flights be operated?"
"It's okay. Muhua Airlines will urgently rent a plane to us. It will only take a few days at most. It's not a big problem." Xu Cang patted Lu Jinghua on the shoulder: "This time when we go to Erhai Lake, we must be prepared to endure hardships."
"If you can do meaningful work, it doesn't matter if you suffer a little." Lu Jinghua said: "But, do you have any plans for the future?"
"I just wanted to tell you that I plan to develop domestic routes in the future..."
The two walked shoulder to shoulder, their backs gradually disappearing at the end of the corridor.
After the two of them had completely walked away, Luo Yong and the marketing manager slowly walked out of the office. At this moment, the marketing manager was still obviously indignant and said viciously: "It's really a wolf cub that can't be tamed. Now that it has some skills, it bites us back!"
"That's enough. We all know how we treated Xu Cang. This is called retribution." Luo Yong still saw it clearly.
"Luo Yong, are we just going to be threatened by him?" The marketing manager said unwillingly, "Can't you put some obstacles in his way? Aren't you good at playing tricks on people? For example... no matter what, he wants to transfer his subsequent work relationship from us, so we just block him, just like before, aren't you familiar with each other?"
The working relationship of a pilot is generally obtained through his medical file or training record file. One of these two files is related to the pilot's medical certificate, and the other is related to his flight license. Neither of them can be missing.
Sometimes, even if the pilot wins the lawsuit against the airline, it does not mean that the pilot can rest easy. Even if the pilot wins the lawsuit, when the pilot comes to get his or her file, the airline can deliberately shirk it and find various reasons not to give it to him or her. It is common for this to drag on for more than half a year.
There are even more difficult things to deal with. Some of the documents do not pass through the hands of pilots. They are sent directly to the authorities by the airlines. After review by the authorities, the documents are then sent to the pilot's new employer.
There are many areas for manipulation in this line, because without going through the pilots, the airline can delay for a long time just to send the documents to the authorities. Anyway, no matter how much you, the pilots, urge me, I will just say yes and no, but then I will turn a deaf ear to you.
Even if the final document is sent out, some airlines have connections with the authorities and can ask them to delay the review or send it to the new company.
It's easy to destroy the pilot's mentality after all this.
However, Luo Yong rolled his eyes and said, "Forget it. Don't you see who his master is? If we talk about other things, blocking Xu Cang's work relationship will only make things difficult for us."
"So we're just going to let this matter go and let him shit and piss on us?"
Luo Yong was a little annoyed: "You know that Muhua Aviation Headquarters has posted recruitment information for the Erhai Base recently. Don't you understand what this means?"
The news that Xu Cang recruited people to Muhua Airlines headquarters had spread throughout the civil aviation circle, and everyone was amazed that Xu Cang was really just doing things like stroking his beard.
As a result, not only has the recruitment information not been removed, it is still posted in the most conspicuous bulletin board on the first floor of Muhua Airlines headquarters. This has some other meaning.
"Those people at Muhua Airlines are probably crazy!"
"You are the only one who is smart and clear-headed, while those people from Muhua Airlines are all lunatics who know nothing." Luo Yong could no longer bear it and started to scold : "Things are different now, do you still think Xu Cang is the Blue Sky Airlines pilot who can be manipulated by us?"
After saying this, Luo Yong really didn't want to stay with this idiot who couldn't see the situation clearly. Staying with him for one more second would lower his IQ.
However, Luo Yong still sighed in his heart. It has only been a short time, and the kid who was almost forced to go to the ground has now grown into a person who cannot be underestimated. It is really unpredictable.
…
At this moment, at the entrance of the Flight Standards Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China in Hanjing, Chen Xiangdong was looking inside. Suddenly, someone tapped his shoulder, which startled Chen Xiangdong. He turned around and saw that it was Lian Zhili, the director of the Policy and Regulations Department.
"Chen Xiangdong, what are you thinking about doing so secretly?" Lian Zhili also took a few glances into the Feibiaosi office, but didn't see anything unusual.
Chen Xiangdong pushed Lian Zhili's hand away: "Why do you care what I'm looking at?"
"I don't care about you. I went to your office just now but you weren't there. I have something to discuss with you." Lian Zhili said, "Isn't Xu Cang your apprentice?"
"Ah, what's wrong?" Chen Xiangdong became alert: "What do you want to say?"
Lian Zhili patted Chen Xiangdong on the shoulder with great emotion: "You really have a good disciple. He is capable and highly conscious."
Chen Xiangdong was stunned, and pushed Lian Zhili's hand away again: "No, what do you mean, why are you praising my apprentice?"
"It's like this. I intend to recommend Xu Cang for this round of ICAO flight specialists. However, I don't know what other people think, so I have to discuss it with you first to test the waters. If others also have this intention, then I will propose Xu Cang in the discussion later. If no one else has this intention, then forget it. In the end, I am the only one who proposed Xu Cang, and it feels weird."
Chen Xiangdong was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed: "Yes, yes, that old man, Lao Sheng, both want to recommend Xu Cang, and there are many meritorious pilots as well, so you can recommend Xu Cang."
"Ah, are there really so many?" Lian Zhili obviously didn't believe it.
However, if so many people really recommend Xu Cang, it is not impossible for me to add icing on the cake.
"How can I deceive you? Wait a moment." As he said that, Chen Xiangdong went into the Feibiao Division and shouted inside: "Where is your director?"
One of the staff members saw that it was Chen Xiangdong and immediately said, "Director Wu is out. Is there anything Director Chen can do for you?"
"Has Muhua Airlines submitted an application for aircraft leasing?"
The staff looked for it and said, "Not yet."
"Well, you guys keep an eye on it for me. If Muhua Airlines reports this application, please process it for me as soon as possible."
"Oh, okay, Director Chen."
After explaining things to the staff at Feibiaosi, Chen Xiangdong impatiently took Lian Zhili to find others to confirm the recommendation of Xu Cang.
The Flight Standards Department was closest to the Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Department, so Chen Xiangdong planned to take Lian Zhili to Sheng Gaoliang's place. However, after walking a few steps and before reaching the office of the Director of the Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Department, they ran into Sheng Gaoliang, who was in a hurry, in the corridor.
"Mr. Sheng, I have something to talk to you about." Chen Xiangdong quickly stepped forward and grabbed Sheng Gaoliang, but Sheng Gaoliang shook his hand and looked very hurried.
Chen Xiangdong was quite perceptive. When he saw Sheng Gaoliang's appearance, he immediately felt uneasy: "Something happened to Old Sheng?"
Sheng Gaoliang's face was serious and gloomy, and he whispered: "Something really happened, the Concorde crashed in Paris!"
…
Xu Cang left Blue Sky Airlines contentedly. Lu Jinghua could go to Erhai Lake with him later, which made Xu Cang very happy. It is said that brothers are united and their strength can break metal. Xu Cang's confidence increased a little bit.
However, when Xu Cang returned to the airport hotel, he found a foreigner waiting in the lobby on the first floor. As soon as Xu Cang came in, he immediately greeted him. This person was Leo, an executive of Airbus.
Previously, Li Rongxian called and said that an Airbus executive was planning to return to China after handling the engine explosion incident in Qizhou. Before returning, he wanted to meet Xu Cang to express his gratitude.
Xu Cang naturally had no interest in the senior executives. He was only interested in the flight back to China of this person who seemed to be the chief financial officer of Airbus, because the airline, flight number and aircraft registration number all matched the historical Great Britain air crash.
Originally, Xu Cang was going to deal with the British air crash. However, after experiencing Flight 9951N, Xu Cang was psychologically traumatized and thought it was better to forget about it. Unexpectedly, this executive came to him directly.
Leo obviously knew Xu Cang. He shook Xu Cang's hand enthusiastically and spoke decent Chinese: "Mr. Xu, hearing about someone is worse than meeting him in person. I'm Leo, the CFO of Airbus. Lee should have introduced me to you."
"Lee? Lee Young-Hyun?"
"Yes, yes, Li Rongxian." Leo enthusiastically pulled Xu Cang to the rest area in the corner of the hall. The two sat opposite each other. Leo was the first to express his gratitude: "Mr. Xu, thank you very much for the CFM56 fuel supply short pipe."
Xu Cang waved his hand: "It's just a small matter, there's no need to come here specially."
"Yes, yes, this is no small matter." Leo said with a smile, "If this matter is discovered one day later, something might go wrong. Mr. Xu, we at Airbus will repay a favor. See if there is anything we can do to help."
"If you want help, you can't handle British Airways, which is my most urgent need. But if possible, you can give me two Airbus 319s." Xu Cang said with a smile.
Leo was startled at first, then he looked at Xu Cang's expression and laughed dryly: "Mr. Xu has such a good sense of humor."
"Look, I asked you to make a request, and I did, and you said I have a sense of humor."
Leo looked a little embarrassed: "This request is indeed a bit difficult to fulfill."
"Forget it then..." Xu Cang didn't really care about it in the first place, and since his real needs couldn't be met, he lost interest. But suddenly, an idea came to Xu Cang's mind, and he asked tentatively: "Hey, there should be a Boeing aircraft test machine in your Airbus laboratory, right?"
Leo was going to deny it at first, but then he thought there was nothing to hide, after all, it was not a secret. It was normal for Boeing and Airbus to "borrow" from each other, and it was conceivable that Airbus had Boeing's test aircraft.
"Mr. Xu, do you have any requests?"
"The plane is too expensive. If you don't want to give it to me, forget it. Then I'll change it and help you do a test. I'll use the 737-800 test plane."
"Hmm?" Leo didn't quite understand what Xu Cang meant: "Mr. Xu, what test do you want to do?"
Xu Cang smiled and said, "It's about the destructive effect of the pressurization system on the fuselage structure when the plane scraped under its tail during takeoff. I want a detailed technical report. This request is not too much, right?"
Leo thought about it and nodded: "It should be no problem."
"It's best to keep it a secret. I don't want everyone to know about it."
"That's natural." Leo agreed readily.
"Okay, I've made my request, and I've met you. I'm leaving now."
Leo quickly stood up and tried to persuade Xu Cang to stay: "Mr. Xu, let's have dinner together."
"Forget about eating. It's awkward to eat." Xu Cang had just taken two steps when he suddenly thought of something. He stopped and turned around to say to Leo, "I have a suggestion for you."
Leo quickly asked: "Mr. Xu, what's the matter?"
Xu Cang smiled and said, "If possible, change the route back to China and don't take the scheduled flight."
In Leo's puzzled eyes, Xu Cang waved his hand behind his back and left in a carefree manner. Actually, he didn't really want to tell Leo about this, but the test still needed to be done by Leo, and he didn't want Leo to be left out.
However, many things have changed after his rebirth. Xu Cang himself is not sure whether the Great Britain Air Crash is still the same as he remembered. Anyway, he has given the information. If Leo still hasn't escaped, then that's his life.
When Xu Cang was going upstairs, he received a call from Qin Xin, saying that someone from Taining Insurance came to see him and asked Xu Cang to pay attention to the reception.
Xu Cang asked what the matter was, and Qin Xin said it was about aircraft insurance. In any case, it was left to Xu Cang to handle.
Xu Cang didn't know anything about insurance and wanted to refuse. But when he arrived at the door of his room, he saw a fat middle-aged man in a suit waiting there. He asked tentatively, "Taining Insurance?"
The middle-aged man was wearing a pair of glasses and looked very honest. "Mr. Xu Cang, I'm a salesperson from Taining Insurance. President Qin asked us to communicate with you about the aircraft insurance."
"What is Qin Xin doing?" Although Xu Cang didn't quite understand why Qin Xin pushed the plane insurance issue to him, he didn't refuse immediately. Instead, he opened the door and led the insurance salesperson in: "Come in and talk."
Xu Cang changed his shoes after entering the room, and said casually: "Actually, I don't know much about this. Can you tell me first what the specific contents of aircraft insurance are."
Aircraft insurance is a type of property insurance, and airlines are basically required to purchase it. Xu Cang doesn't know much about it, but he has heard of it.
However, the salesperson who followed in said helplessly: "Mr. Xu, we may not be able to provide you with aircraft insurance."
"Well, what do you mean? Didn't we agree on this before?" When establishing the Erhai base, Qin Xin had already started choosing a company to insure the aircraft. In the end, he chose Taining Insurance, and the two parties even reached a preliminary agreement.
This would be a big problem if the plane could not be insured.
The salesperson said with a sad face: "Mr. Xu, our company has discussed it and if you want to agree to the insurance, there is a small request."
Xu Cang took off his coat, hung it on the hanger, and hummed, "Tell me about it."
The salesman hesitated for a while and almost cried: "Mr. Xu, why don't you just not fly!"
